[Day: Saturday, June 4th. Time: 8:00 p.m.]
[Yesterday, things went from bad to worse, as you met many many
interesting people who all wanted to be better than you or kill you. But that's
pretty typical, frankly.]
[Today, you all go to the club room, where you find Dimitri, already
there and talking to someone on the phone.]
[Session Start!]
* Peter walks over to Dimitri and waits for him to get off the phone.
* Maria perches on a wall across the room from Dimitry, glaring at him. *glare*
*glare*
* Dimitri talks on the phone. "Da. So soon, though?"
* Chie rolls her eyes in Dimitri's general direction and sits down.
Nyet, I vill handle it.
* Lazar is in his usual position, a bit off to the side of Peter's desk. For
once, he didn't have some massive incision in his torso to heal. He does,
however, seem to be holding a pamphlet.
Ve vill be dere before long. Da.
* Makoto slouches lazily into the club room in his "normal" shape, and in
typical baggy black, white, and gray clothes, spinning his yo-yo and hanging out
by the door as if ready to leave at a moment's notice.
* Dimitri hangs up, and turns to regard Peter.
* DeMenchi is now known as Demota
* Chomei walks in and leans against the wall. Nothing different here, nope.
* Rei wanders in. Quietly. Someone must have died.
* Maria blinks at Lazar, and hops down and goes over to see what he's reading.
* Maria looks up and waves to Rei while she's at it.
* Makoto "psst"s at Rei when she enters the room.
* Dimitri peers around the room, counting heads.
* Lazar is reading what appears to be a information pamphlet for the university.
* Rei blinks and looks over at Makoto.
Hm. Thinking of enrolling, Laz?
* Makoto sticks his tongue out at Rei and points at it. "Thanks for the alcohol
wipe last night. Worked better than a breath mint."
(Whoops, knew I was forgetting something. Haven't really had a chance to
think about things.)
* Rei laughs.
* Chie looks over at Makoto and Rei and grins.
You deserved it! Man, the look on your face. Anyone had a camera? No?
Damn.
* Makoto grins cheekily at Rei and gives her a quick wink before turning his
attention to the head-counting Slav in the middle of the room. "He decided to
show up today, huh?"
Looks like.
* Rei plunks on the floor by Makoto.
* Chomei looks up. "What?"
* Peter eyes Dimitri. "Have you come with a mission for us?"
* Lazar turns to Maria. "Not really. Ran into large man on way here,
accidentally knocked him down. When I help him up, he give me paper, ask me to
think of joining sumo team. Odd man..."
Hey, Chomei! Your hair's on fire!
* Chie gets up and walks over to the others.
* Dimitri looks at Peter expectantly. "Da. Ve haff one tonight."
* Chomei feels the top of his hair. "No it isn't. But yours is." He points at
Rei's hair.
Oh no! Not again!
* Rei pats at her hair.
We also have a.. situation to report.
* Chomei chuckles.
* Chie pulls a water bottle out of her bag and hands it to Rei.
Ow. Owowow. Damn imaginary flame. It hurts more than the real thing.
Thanks!
* Rei takes and has a sip, then hands the bottle back to Chie.
Situation?
You're welcome.
Doesn't real water just make imaginary fire get hotter though?
* Peter nods.
Golem no do sumo. Wear loincloth, not diaper. *muttermutter*
* Makoto peers down at Rei's hair, and then at Chie, and grins. He shakes his
head once and looks back to Peter and Dmitri, spinning his yo-yo lazily all the
while.
* Chie takes the bottle and puts it back in her bag, then half-turns to Peter
and Dimitri.
* Maria chuckles. "You would make a good sumo, Laz. What with being the
immovable object and all."
We were given a.. hint, as it were, about a situation at Gifu Tower. We
went there, and found a group of people using a Rosetta Stone to open a portal.
* Maria giggles some more, and then goes and plunks down next to Rei. *plunk*
Among those people was a man with the name "Mister E.", and Rei's
brother, who has the cursed sword Ambition.
A hint? I vas not informed of any mission since the previous one.
* Rei sobers and watches Dimitri and Peter.
It was delivered by a..
* Peter coughs.
A talking Kirby doll.
A talking vhat?
Kirby doll.
I still have it in my car.
You know, round, pink puffy thing?
Yeah, pink marshmellow, stars in pop videos.
I don't know if it will talk any more though.
A talking Kirby doll. It's a rather famous toy. Talking Kirby Dolls were
also a major factor in the last Mystery Club.
I know not of dis "Kirrby."
* Chomei shakes his head. "What hole have you been hiding in man?"
And I haf heard little of the previous groups who operated here.
Yeah, Kirby's an international superstar.
You must live in a hole in the ground. A hole deep deep in the ground, in
the center of the Earth, where there's a huge furna- actually, that'd explain a
lot, wouldn't it?
* Dimitri turns to face Chomei. "Ve haff no time for toys in Siberia."
Unfortunately, Kirby isn't human enough for me to copy. Otherwise I'd
show you.
Kirby no big in Eastern Europe.
* Maria snickers.
That's a shame... a real shame.
Hey! Aren't you the one who always goes on about being prepped for
whatever'll happen and stuff? How can't ya know about the last groups who
operated here?
* Chomei nods. "Rei does have a point."
I only heard of him because of Transylvanian were-kirbies.
I vas shipped out here rather suddenly. I haf not had the time to
study.
So what were ya doin' yesterday?
* Makoto gives Lazar a level look.
* Chie turns to Lazar. "You're kidding, right? ...you're not kidding."
I refuse to believe that there are were-Kirbies.
Dere vas no verk for the night, so I did not show. I left you a
message.
* Peter eyes Lazar. "You're making that one up. The closest that exist to that
are the were-marshmellows."
Am no kidding. Ate two of my friends.
Were-Kirbies? ...the horror.
* Makoto opens his mouth at the mention of were-marshmallows, then closes it
again, and looks back to Dmitri.
Did it spit them back out?
You left a message? Did we get it?
* Chomei looks at Lazar. "You have got to be kidding me."
Spit out, yes. Bones.
* Dimitri shrugs. "I do not know. If you showed up, you should haf."
* Chie makes a face. "They defile the good name of Kirby."
* Rei glares at Dimitri.
* Maria glares at Drimitri, too. *glare*
Where'd you leave this so-called message?
* Dimitri is too Russian to notice the glares.
No worry. My people killed them. Never saw again.
* Dimitri points at the large desk at the far end of the room. "Here."
* Chomei looks at Dimitri. He'd glare if he were more pissed off.
So you're sayin' that I didn't show up. Is that what you're saying?
Right?
(Do we see anything resembling a message?)
(If we did, I imagine Brett would have mentioned it.)
Prof, did *you* see a message yesterday?
The letter iz not dere, so I assumed you must haf gotten it.
I didn't get any messages, except for the Kirby.
And I swiped that from Maria anyway.
I didn't get a message. Not even a voice-mail or a page.
Then maybe it vas taken by whoever left dis... "Kirrby."
No, I saw no sign on any message.
Considering that we're dealing with people who can break into a museum
and take out security, getting in here and switching the Kirby with the letter
should't be a problem.
* Dimitri waves a hand. "Details. Now, vhat exactly happened?"
A 'Mr. E.'? And Rei's brother?
They, sadly, escaped.
Through a portal to what they called "The Demon Realm."
If he iz like her, perhaps ve should be very scared, nyet?
But they left behind their Rosetta Stone. I still have that, too.
* Dimitri actually makes an attempt to grin.
* Dimitri looks over at Makoto. "Vhere?"
Yeah, a Mr. E and his lame club and my brother who joined the lame club
and might be under the control of Ambition which just so happens to be a
sometimes-cursed sword that we kept at home because, as we all know, museum
security SUCKS IT UP big time.
He... actually didn't act anything like her.
I think we should be more worried about Ambition.
In my car. Want me to bring it up?
Da.
We should *definitely* be more worried about Ambition.
* Maria blinks. Dimitri tried making a joke? No. There must be some other
explanation.
Ambition? Vhat is dat?
Nah, Katsu never did act much like me. What, is he s'posed to or
something? He's my bro, though, and I'm his sis. We're tight, yo. ... Or we
were.
* Rei sighs.
* Makoto nods and pushes away from the wall. "'scuse me," he says to Rei, and
Chie, and Maria, since he has to step over or around them to get out.
* Chomei smacks his head. "Man, you really don't know anything."
Ambition is a very powerful cursed sword, used by a previous MC member.
* Rei scoots out of the way.
* Chie moves out of Makoto's way and stares at Dimitri. "Yeah, weren't you
listening when Rei just mentioned it?"
It was sealed and supposedly exorcised by Eoi Taibushi, but it's not
confirmed if the blade was cleaned. Judging from how Rei's brother was acting,
we can assume it was not.
I did not here. She speaks to fast, so I chose not to listen to all
of her verds.
* Maria facepalms.
And you tell us we're lazy...
So, ve are dealing vith a cursed swerd.
* Chie looks at Peter. "Eoi-sensei never told me one way or another."
* Rei eyes Dimitri and ponders going astral and tying his shoelaces together.
Just what it did and could do.
* Maria whispers to Rei. "Maybe you should've used *smaller* words, toom for
this guy."
Can it slice through stone?
* Rei cackles. "Me Rei. Sword cursed. Ugh."
I bet it can do more than that.
Sure can!
Oh, yeah.
* Maria giggles.
Vhat about dis portal? Vhat did you do vith it?
According to a report "It can slice through steel like butter.".
It closed.
I stuffed it in my bag. Wanna see?
And didn't open.
... oy gevult.
* Makoto hurries down to his car, and retrieves both the Rosetta Stone and the
Kirby plushie, both of which are stowed in a handy duffel bag, and after re-
locking the car, brings them back up to the club room. He opens the bag to
verify that the stone and Kirby are still there, and then puts them on a desk
between Dmitri and Peter. "There they are."
What, you got a hole in your pocket?
* Maria whistles. "That's some sword."
* Dimitri picks up the Kirby in one hand, and the stone in the other. "....
Vhich iz vhich?"
* Chie facepalms.
Uhh... the PINK one is Kirby.
The soft, pink thing is Kirby.
* Chomei facepalms.
* Maria facepalms.
The stone is the Rosetta Stone.
It's a totally kickass sword. Mom could control it, I think, but even
she's stopped using it.
Oh.
No! The pink one's the rock! Fluffy pink rock!
And he accuses *us* of not paying attention.
* Dimitri squeezes it, causing it to squeal "Hiiiiii!"
Fluffy pink TALKING rock!
* Maria snickers.
* Makoto turns away from Dmitri and makes a silly face at Rei.
What so odd about talking rock?
* Rei makes a sillier face at Makoto.
Vhen I vas a kid, ve did not haf such high-tech toys.
That this one is fluffy and pink too?
... point. No fluffy pink golems.
* Chie actually giggles at that.
* Makoto slumps his shoulders and goes back to his original spot against the
wall, near the women. ^_^
* Peter coughs.
If.. we could get back on topic?
* Maria eyes Makoto, then shrugs.
* Makoto whispers, "I couldn't think of a sillier face than Rei's."
Yes. Cursed sword. Demon realm. Baaaad things.
Da. So, do you know vhere dey are now?
Hey, prof. Maybe you should pull out a whiteboard so he could
understand the situation better.
* Maria snickers.
I'm afraid we don't.
Other then their own claim of going to a "Demon realm."
Why, with my bat-tracking devi- DAMN. I need to make one of those!
Wouldn't you have to put it on them first anyway, Rei?
* Dimitri nods. "Hmm... Den dere is nothink ve can do vith dem. Ve haf more
important matters to attend to."
* Maria blinks at Rei. "Why'd you wanna track bats?"
Well, duh.
Just go down two the local K-Mart. I'm sure they have one.
Nono! Like Batman! You know, Batman, who's kinda like Darkwing Duck,
only not as cool.
* Peter nods. "If you think so. What is more important?"
* Makoto turns his attention back to Peter and Dmitri.
Awright! The terror that flaps in the night!
* Maria blinks at Rei. "Like who?"
The what?
* Chie is listening to Peter. Honest she is.
* Rei blinks and looks at Dimitri. "Something's more important than getting my
brother back?" she asks calmly.
* Maria looks totally lost in this conversation. ;_;
* Dimitri looks over at Rei. "How do you propose ve do dis thing?"
* Chomei 's train of thought just got derailed.
Ve haf no leads, da?
I'm not sure yet. But you insinuated that there's something more
important than getting my brother back.
* Chie turns to Dimitri and just stares at him, eyes narrowed.
'Insinuated'? Von of your verds.
Yes, we have no leads. And maybe there are more *immediate* concerns, but
you said important. So. More important?
I wouldn't say that was insinuating. I'd say that was a flat-out
statement.
I am 'insinuating' ve should focus our resources elsevhere, vhere it
vill do some good.
* Maria frowns.
* Chomei nods. "I'm with Chie on that one."
( And so MC killed Dimitri, and plunged the world into an era of
supernatural chaos and destruction. )
(I'm there. Who's with me?)
(Let's do it!)
(I'll exorcise his vengeful spirit after we're done.)
( Works for me. )
(What'll you put it into... A Jell-o mold?)
(A plush Kirby, of course.)
* Lazar is staying WAY the hell outta this.
( Poetic. I like it. )
(Come, Laz. Join the dark... err... light... err... tan side.)
* Dimitri folds his arms and waits.
(Grey, we're grey.)
I vote that Dimitri is still struggling with his Japanese, and really -
meant- to say "immediate" concerns. So, Dimitri, what are they?
* Chie looks over at Makoto and nods.
* Maria shrugs.
* Peter coughs.
I think we should worry more about what Dimitri has to say now.
* Dimitri nods to Makoto. "Da. Ve haf some sort of monster to fight. A 'metallic
demon'. So I vas told."
Oh, great. The apocalypse thing.
Great. It's the end of the world as we know it. Again!
Yup, we're dead.
I do not know vhat it iz, but the higher ups vant it dealt vith, ASAP.
Hey, didn't we see that thing that night we sort of kind of dealt with
the Kappa?
.. They want us to fight a.. Metal Demon?
Oh dear god.
* Maria rubs her face. "Great. Is that all it is."
* Chomei nods. "That's right. We're going to need some help desperately for this
one."
* Chie looks at Peter. "Prof? Didn't you say the best way to deal with it is to
get the hell away?"
Ve know vhere it iz. Ve should dispose ov it vhile it iz out ov the
public's eye.
As in space-craft so we can get off of this planet before it blows it
up?
* Makoto nods. "That's right, Dimitri. I nominate you for standing in front."
* Chie eyes Dimitri. "You *did* bring the controls for the orbital laser, didn't
you?"
Dimitri, how on earth do you plan to defeat this creature?
* Dimitri smiles at Makoto. "Good. I prefer it dat way."
And us standing in back... WAY in back.
* Dimitri pulls out a Chinese straight-sword, similar to Chie's, from his
trenchcoat. "Vith dis. I haff been told it can veaken the demon's skin, allowing
our attacks to penetrate it."
I hope you're right.
... have anything to slow down demon?
* Rei grumbles. "Thing doesn't have a *mind*."
I had trust in SIU's scientists.
* Dimitri nods to Lazar.
* Dimitri pulls what looks like a seltzer water bottle out with his other hand.
"For dat, ve haf dis."
And what is 'dis'?
And what the hell's that? Flower Dew?
* Chomei looks at the bottled water. "So, are we going to make it burp?"
I do not know.
Fine. What do we do with it?
Holy club soda?
* Rei snerks.
Chug it, duh.
Spray it on the demon, ov course.
Dimitri.. may I see that?
Great. So we've got holy club soda and a possibly-magic sword versus a
demon from Ancient Egypt.
Yeah, now we're REALLY dead.
Whose presence signifies the end of the world.
* Dimitri hands Peter the bottle. "Da."
I feel *so* much better now, don't you?
Gee, couldn't go *too* wrong.
Just stay behind me. Demon no get past Lazar.
* Peter looks over the bottle.
( Welcome to Mystery Club, kiddo! )
(Wai! Norii-chan!)
( Hee! )
( Woo! )
( You told me the apocolypse wouldn't happen for another couple of
months! Well, it did for us!)
* Peter looks at Dimitri. "Okay. I need a couple of hours."
What for, prof man? Got a super sekrit plan?
Eh? For what, Prof?
Oooh, sekrits!
Ve do not haf dat long.
Indeed I do.
Spill! But not on my homework.
Heh, let's hear it Prof.
Oh, surely we could distract it for an hour or so until Professor comes
to our rescue.
Right. You go do that, Makoto. ^_^
And lead it on a merry chase through Tokyo? I don't think so.
* Peter reaches into his bag and pulls out a crossbow bolt. It's rather thicker
then a regular bolt.
Yeah, Makoto. Have fun.
This is a spring-loaded bolt. Upon imact, it launches whatever is inside
of it onto or into the target, depending on their armor.
* Makoto sniggers.
Ooh. Crossbow Bolt of DOOM. Nice.
Heeeey, cool. Can I have one?
* Maria shrugs. "Works for me."
I have some extras at home. I'll give you one once I get a chance, but I
only have a few with me.
* Chomei looks at it. "Ah, nice."
Niftiness! Presents from the prof! ... Erm, what am I gonna do in all of
this? I mean, if Prof's got the whole spray thing down and all...
Kinda like air freshener. Only definitely not.
Ve mustn'y be long.
I think we should keep you as a second plan. If I should miss, it may
depend on you to get the water onto the enemy.
* Peter peers at Dimitri. "Give me fifteen minutes."
Fine.
Hey, prof. Think that thing would work in a normal bow?
Meanvhile, someone could figure out vhere vhat's left of dis "Asahara
buildink" iz.
* Lazar slips on a pair of bracers in the meantime. "If fight demon, must be
ready..."
* Peter makes some room on the desk, and begins slowly filling his bolts with
water. "I.. don't think so. Crossbow bolts are smaller then arrows."
* Rei is on it in a flash. Computer in hand, typing away.
True.. and they don't have the fletching either...
* Chie looks at Dimitri. "You wouldn't happen to have a spare one of those
swords, would you?"
I do not.
Did iz the von I vas given.
Maaan, not Asahara again. Hasn't it gotten blown up enough already?
You'd think it's Tokyo Tower or somethin'.
I do not even know if dere are any more.
* Maria blinks at Rei. "Eh?"
Ah, well.
What do you mean "Asahara -again-?"
Yeah. Again?
Yes, vhat do you mean, "again"?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Eh? What's up with Asahara?
Well, yeah. Mystery Club's got a history with Asahara. My *dad*'s got a
history with Asahara, really. People involved with that company sorta made him.
Kinda. And there was the whole rainbow road to Heaven thing... here we go!
* Rei presses a button. "Maps are printin' now."
ThThe same building..
This bodes poorly.
( ... )
... Right.
(Are you sure Peter isn't Eoi?)
* Chie blinks. "Okay, next time I see Eoi-sensei, he's gettin' a full
interrogation as to what happened back then.
( *laughs* )
* Dimitri walks over to Rei and looks over her shoulder.
* Maria shrugs. "Ooooo-kay."
I could give ya the files.
* Makoto shakes his head.
I don't have a computer.
That vould be good, yes. Vhen you haff time.
For a second there I thought you said you could give her the fleas.
* Rei moves the computer. "Do ya mind? No lookin' in the Box. You'll let loose a
hundred and one rabid evil wombats."
Well, there might be one somewhere in the back room, but Seki-kun handles
all the bookkeeping stuff.
Sure, sure. Printouts.
* Dimitri moves away. "Bah. Fine, fine."
* Rei is on her feet and running out the door to the printer. Computer in hand.
I do not like dis delay.
* Chomei looks at Rei. "Trade sekrits?"
* Chie eyes Dimitri. "Better a little late than dead."
* Rei calls from wherever she is, "Sekrit as can be, Chomei-kun!"
The afterlife ain't bad, but I'm not in a hurry to get there.
Ve don't know how long it vill be dere.
Every second ve vait gives it a chance to escape into public.
* Rei returns, maps in hand. "Ruins of Asahara, one night only! Get your tour
pamphlets!"
I do not vant to be responsible vhen it kills innocents.
* Chie takes a map from Rei, ignoring Dimitri.
* Peter has quit IRC (Ping timeout )
Give my pamphlet to Chomei.
* Maria takes a map from Rei, and looks it over.
I'd rather not any innocents get killed, whether I'm responsible or not.
* Rei tosses a map to Chomei.
* Chomei chuckles. "That would be bad." He catches the map in his left hand.
* Makoto looks over at Chomei, "Soldier, I'm counting on you to navigate. If we
end up underwater, it's on your head."
* Maria giggles.
* Chie shudders. "Can we stay away from the water? Please?"
* Chomei nods. "Aye aye captian!"
* Chomei salutes.
[And serveral minutes pass and Peter finishes with the bolts.]
* Makoto grins.
... water bad. Golems no swim well.
Do ya even need to breathe, Lazar?
* Peter loads a bolt into his more modern crossbow.
( They sink like rocks. )
* Maria blinks. "Do golems nee-- what Rei said."
* Chie bites her lip, looks at Laz, and nods.
( Though if you get someone really, really strong, I suppose you could
try to skip the golem across the sea of China... )
No need breathe, no. Very useful. Walking to Japan would have been hard
if needed to breathe.
Actually, didn't the Professor say that you got out here by walking
along the bottom of the ocean?
* Chie shudders again.
* Chomei blinks. "You walked?"
* Maria snickers.
Yes. From Transylvania, across Russia, across ocean. Long walk.
Let's just go, okay?
* Chie leaves the room.
Must've been some interesting scenery on that walk.
We should be off.
Da, ve should.
* Chomei nods. "Let's get this thing..."
* Maria frowns at Chie, shrugs, and heads out, too.
* Dimitri heads on out.
And awaaaaay we go!
* Lazar follows the others out.
* Makoto heads out to his car.
* Rei is outta there.
* Chomei heads out, map in hand.
( Let's do a scene change like in Scooby Doo! With the wacky swirls and
spins! )
* Peter heads to the van.
* Chie hops on her bike and heads out.
(*does wacky swirls and spins*)
* Maria hops onto Rei's bike.
* Rei zooms!
[Time: 10:30 p.m. MC arrives at the Asahara building. Or, what's left
of it. The front entrence has been destroyed, as well as the entire east side
of the building, and only three floors are left standing. You park in a lot
across the street.]
Well... shit.
Check it out! I wonder how much of it's gonna blow up this time.
Oh, this looks promising...
* Maria blinks. "Wow."
I mean, really, they never *needed* the ground floor, right?
We're supposed to fight a thing that can do that?
Huh? No.
* Makoto locks his car after Chomei gets out.
Ah, okay.
Has it been like this for a while?
It was already blowed up. Um... twice. Or was that three times?
Whatever.
Nah, I think it was already like that.
Nobody bought it and rebuilt it after that?
* Chomei has already gotten out.
Who'd want to? It's a Den of EVIL, and the police still haven't figured
out what exactly happened to it. Either time.
Would you try and rebuild something that had already blown up three
times?
Perhaps they believe it's cursed.
* Lazar exits from the poor, poor van. "I hope floors still strong."
Yeah, it's like building a castle in a swamp.